Manager, Due Diligence Strategy

The KPMG Advisory practice is at the forefront of transformation, offering excellent opportunities for individuals to advance their careers and expertise with KPMG. Looking ahead, we anticipate continued evolution and success within the practice, fostering both personal and professional development, thereby creating new pathways for growth. In this ever-changing market environment, our professionals must be adaptable and thrive in a collaborative, team-driven culture. At KPMG, our people are our number one priority. With a wealth of learning and career development opportunities, a world-class training facility, and leading market tools, we help our people continue to grow both professionally and personally. If you're looking for a firm with a strong team connection where you can be your whole self, have an impact, advance your skills, deepen your experiences, and have the flexibility and access to constantly find new areas of inspiration and expand your capabilities, then consider a career in Advisory.KPMG is currently seeking a Manager to join our KPMG Strategy practice. Responsibilities : Lead enterprise-wide Strategy engagements in business due diligence and performance improvement initiatives across corporate and private equity clientsAct as the day-to-day, full-time project manager to help ensure successful problem formulation, hypotheses generation, comprehensive analysis, testing hypotheses, and problem resolutionProvide oversight of highly skilled KPMG work teams throughout the project lifecycle and serve as the primary team interface with various levels of executives/team members including setting scopes, budgets, staffing resources, generating information/data requests, leading client workshops, coordinating final deliverables and presentation of resultsCreate value-add insights that tie to the clients strategic and financial ambitions, including identifying the underlying value proposition and challenging the clients investment thesis through structured data analyses to identify operational risks, efficiencies, or other opportunitiesSupport professional development of KPMG team membersQualifications : Minimum of five years external consulting experience in a client-facing strategy discipline at a Big 4 firm, major strategy firm, or a boutique strategy firm, with a focus on private equity due diligence, operational due diligence, and performance improvement; additional relevant work experience, ideally within M&A Operations for a private equity or Fortune 100 firm is preferredBachelor's degree from an accredited college/university, preferably in Business Administration, Engineering, or other related field; Masters degree in Business Administration from an accredited college/university is preferredExperience helping global corporations and/or private equity firms conduct thorough analysis of potential acquisition targets, including assessing and executing operational due diligence and performance improvements; solid experience in project/program management, strategic cost management, operational improvement, customer profitability, discount optimization, organizational restructuring, change management and/or corporate turnaroundsStrong business acumen with deep analytical/problem solving skills and the ability to understand how business model decisions impact operating model design/execution across operations, technology, and organizational designAbility and willingness to travel as necessaryKPMG LLP and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“KPMG”) complies with all local/state regulations regarding displaying salary ranges. 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